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Why Do difficult children Insist on Making Life Difficult for Themselves?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 341233" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Sharon--</p><p> </p><p>I did stop in and talk to a guidance counselor because it looks as if difficult child will fail Math (her grades have not better than 50% all year). The guidance counselor explained that all schedules are created in early spring, based on the assumption that the child will pass. If the child fails, their schedule is manually changed over the summer so that they have to re-take the failed course--plus remove them from any classes that they cannot take due to missing the pre-requisite.</p><p> </p><p>Missing Math I is going to blow a big hole in difficult child's schedule because it is a pre-req for the math and science courses she needs to take in 10th grade.</p><p> </p><p>JJJ--</p><p> </p><p>You make a good point about the school letting kids do this. I think it's mostly just oversight. Too many kids to keep track--so they rely on students and parents.</p><p> </p><p>Basically, there is a "suggested course schedule" set up to guide everyone as to how the classes should be taken in order to graduate. The "suggested schedule" has an empty slot each year...so as to allow for kids who are in "Gifted and Talented" or ROTC or other specialized program. If there is no program to put in the empty slot, the student may take extra electives or a study hall.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, the school is not paying that close attention. difficult child signed up for ROTC...so she shouldn't have had any blank spots in her school day...but she ALSO asked for, and got, a study hall for Freshman year. I went and protested that if difficult child took the study hall in 9th grade, she would not be able to graduate because the rest of her schedule wouldn't work. They saw I was right, so difficult child took keyboarding instead of study hall.</p><p> </p><p>So now for 10th grade, difficult child should also NOT have any blank space in her schedule...But it is looking like she may be scheduled a study hall anyway...</p><p> </p><p>AND without completing Math I, she will not be eligible for the Math and Science courses she selected--and she chose no alternates. So instead of being able to at least fulfill <em>some</em> requirements toward graduating...difficult child may end up with a year that doesn't count for much more than making up what she didn't accomplish in 9th grade.</p><p> </p><p>And for my efforts, of course, I look like the big, mean, ogre for suggesting difficult child at least choose SOME alternates, just in case...</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyFace</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 341233, member: 6546"] Sharon-- I did stop in and talk to a guidance counselor because it looks as if difficult child will fail Math (her grades have not better than 50% all year). The guidance counselor explained that all schedules are created in early spring, based on the assumption that the child will pass. If the child fails, their schedule is manually changed over the summer so that they have to re-take the failed course--plus remove them from any classes that they cannot take due to missing the pre-requisite. Missing Math I is going to blow a big hole in difficult child's schedule because it is a pre-req for the math and science courses she needs to take in 10th grade. JJJ-- You make a good point about the school letting kids do this. I think it's mostly just oversight. Too many kids to keep track--so they rely on students and parents. Basically, there is a "suggested course schedule" set up to guide everyone as to how the classes should be taken in order to graduate. The "suggested schedule" has an empty slot each year...so as to allow for kids who are in "Gifted and Talented" or ROTC or other specialized program. If there is no program to put in the empty slot, the student may take extra electives or a study hall. Unfortunately, the school is not paying that close attention. difficult child signed up for ROTC...so she shouldn't have had any blank spots in her school day...but she ALSO asked for, and got, a study hall for Freshman year. I went and protested that if difficult child took the study hall in 9th grade, she would not be able to graduate because the rest of her schedule wouldn't work. They saw I was right, so difficult child took keyboarding instead of study hall. So now for 10th grade, difficult child should also NOT have any blank space in her schedule...But it is looking like she may be scheduled a study hall anyway... AND without completing Math I, she will not be eligible for the Math and Science courses she selected--and she chose no alternates. So instead of being able to at least fulfill [I]some[/I] requirements toward graduating...difficult child may end up with a year that doesn't count for much more than making up what she didn't accomplish in 9th grade. And for my efforts, of course, I look like the big, mean, ogre for suggesting difficult child at least choose SOME alternates, just in case... --DaisyFace [/QUOTE]
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